Burr v. Gregory
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[In equity. Bill by Richard Burr against Edward N. Gregory for specific performance of a contract relating to a patent. The defendant demurred to the bill, and the demurrer was sustained.]
1Opinion of the Court
. THOMPSON, Circuit Justice.
This is a demurrer to a bill filed for a specific performance of a contract relative to the transfer of an interest in a patent-right2 The alle-galions in the bill are; That one Burnap, having invented, a new and useful improvement in the art of making veneers, obtained a patent for the same, and became thereby secured in the exclusive right to the use and enjoyment thereof. That the complainant, in October, 1829, applied to the defendant, and offered to procure for him an advantageous purchase of the right, if he would secure to him three-fifteenths of the right.…
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